Revisioning #2

“Revisioning” is a series of images which make use of the dual colour print technique to juxtapose the visible with the invisible. It aims to explore our vision as a situated practice by challenging the ways of seeing. Our visual knowledge of the world is one-dimensional and should not be interpreted as a “realist” but rather as a form of cultural construction of the world around us. More often than not, we assume and perceive a sense of illusory permanence to, in this case, the stereotypes in which we take for granted. Hence, this series attempts to debunk that notion of cultural permanence and disrupt the fixed and stereotypical notions, highlighting once again that we are living in a site of multiplicity and diversity that we often are ignorant to.

Hafiiz Karim Art

Hafiiz Karim presents the world of his hopes, fears, success and failures that contains the both awful and wonderful. His art is deeply confessional, utilizing the purity of human emotions as sources of creative expressions. To him, art and life are indivisible, as his memories sustain his own art.

Text takes on an important role in the creative work of Hafiiz Karim. Hafiiz attempts to blur the lines between literature and visual art by featuring writing as a part of his work. Be it of line or of word, Hafiiz still uses Art as a message. In his watercolour illustration series, Hafiiz presents his ambiguous figurative works in a vulnerable and sincere way, so as to find strength and motivation to carry on. He hopes that his art is able to establish an intimate connection with the viewers; To remind them of their vulnerabilities, for it is the true essence of strength in everyone. Hafiiz Karim works mainly with watercolour, drawings and monotypes but constantly experiments with other mediums to explore the universal theme of emotions.